The present invention relates to a spiral oven and a method for treating food products. The spiral oven comprises a cooking chamber and a belt conveyor for conveying the food products. A fan is provided for circulating conditioned air through the cooking chamber. A heater is provided for heating air that circulates past the heater, a steam injector is provided for supplying steam to the circulating air and a natural smoke vapor generator is provided which is connected via a duct to a smoke exhaust upstream of the steam injector and downstream of the windings of the helical conveyor path.
A continuous frying device is for carrying out a frying process for food products. The device includes a frying oil reservoir which can be filled with a volume of frying oil; a food product carrier which can at least partially be immersed in the frying oil in the frying oil reservoir and at least one heating unit having at least one heating element which is positioned at least partially inside the frying oil reservoir and which has a heating surface which is in contact with the frying oil in the frying oil reservoir during the frying process. The filter chain has a first filter inside the frying oil reservoir and an external filter chain. In operation a volume of at least three times the volume of frying oil contained in the frying oil reservoir passes through the external filter chain per hour.
A47J 37/12 - Friteuses, p. ex. pour la friture du poisson ou des frites
A23L 5/10 - Procédés généraux de cuisson des aliments, p. ex. par rôtissage ou friture
B01D 33/333 - Filtres avec éléments filtrants mobiles au cours de l'opération de filtration avec des éléments filtrants individuels se déplaçant suivant un circuit fermé
B01D 33/46 - Régénération de la substance filtrante dans le filtre par des racloirs, des brosses ou des dispositifs analogues agissant sur le côté de l'élément filtrant où se trouve le gâteau
A system for forming moulded meat products from a meat mass comprising. The system comprises a mould with at least one mould cavity, a meat supply pump and an interface module for connecting the meat supply channel to the mould. The interface module comprises a tubular section, a meat supply opening, a meat delivery opening, and a rotatable drive shaft comprising a first end outside the tubular section, configured to engage with a drive means and a second end extending inside the tubular section. The system further comprises an additive supply for controllably supplying an additive via an additive supply channel.
The invention relates to a semi-finished gel and the process for making such a semi-finished gel, suitable for use in the preparation of a gel casing for a food product, from a first natural tissue and a second natural tissue. The invention further relates to a method for making a homogenous collagen-elastin gel including a detangling treatment in an extrusion system comprising a detangler including interlocking members. The extrusion system further comprises a food dough extrusion passage and two co-operating jackets arranged coaxially about the food dough extrusion passage, at least one jacket being rotatable about the co- extrusion axis, the jackets defining an annulus therebetween having an annulus-inlet for the introduction of gel, the rotation of the at least one jacket causing orientation of the gel, thereby converting the introduced gel into an orientated gel, the annulus having an opposed annulus-outlet for discharging orientated gel; wherein discharged orientated gel is deposited onto food dough emerging from the food dough-outlet to form a food product with gel casing.
Van Der Straaten, Wilhelmus Johannes Jacobus Maria
Meulendijks, Johannes Martinus
Verberk, Bart Henricus Jozef
Dorpmanns, Luc Wilhelmus Antonius
Abrégé
A coating device and a method for coating a food product with a pulverulent material by a coating device. The coating device includes a conveyor belt in a housing for conveying the food product in a conveying direction. The conveyor belt is at least partly permeable for the pulverulent material. A first layer of the pulverulent material is generated that lies on the conveyor belt onto which the food product is placeable. The coating device includes a coater for applying a second layer of the pulverulent material to the food product. A lower bunker is arranged within the conveyor belt for storing and receiving the pulverulent material that passes through the conveyor belt downstream of the guide plate. A plate delimits an upstream end of the lower bunker for retaining the pulverulent material in the lower bunker and to create a buffer of the pulverulent material in the lower bunker.
A23P 20/12 - Appareils ou procédés pour appliquer des poudres ou des particules sur les produits alimentaires, p. ex. pour panerRevêtement avec des produits de revêtement comestibles, p. ex. avec des huiles ou des graisses de tels appareils combinés avec des moyens de pré-humidification du produit alimentaire ou de friture
B05C 19/06 - Stockage, alimentation ou régulation de l'application du matériau en particulesRécupération du matériau en particules en excès
The present invention relates to a method for cleaning a food products mould member provided with multiple mould cavities, each with a mould cavity wall formed at least in part by a wall part with a porous structure, the mould member further being provided with an internal fluid passage which extends between a respective feed opening and one or more of the wall parts having porous structures. Use is made of a cleaning device wherein a recirculation circuit is created by placing the mould member in the cleaning device. The method comprising at least one chemical agent based cleaning phase wherein a chemical composition is circulated.
The present invention relates to a processing line and a method for controlling a food processing line, the food processing line comprising a plurality of processing stations and at least one utility supply station. Further at least one food product sensor is provided, and at least one utility sensor and at least one processing sensor. A processing line controller is provided comprising a data collection module, input means for specifying at least one desired food product output characteristic, input means for specifying a nominal operating condition, an anomaly detection module configured to detect an anomaly, and a root cause module configured to determine a root cause of the detected anomaly. A corrective measure module is configured to determine a corrective measure in response to a detected anomaly and to provide the corrective measure to at least one physical actuator.
The present invention relates to an oven arrangement and a method for cooking initially uncooked, whole muscle meat food products, to obtain cooked products having a minimum final core temperature. The oven arrangement comprises an oven housing and a conveyor for conveying the food products through the oven housing. A scanner arrangement is provided upstream of the oven housing for scanning uncooked food products, configured to obtain food product data. A controller is provided using data obtained from the scanner arrangement to control conveying speed and oven climate devices to obtain the cooked products.
Van Der Straaten, Wilhelmus Johannes Jacobus Maria
Van Zoelen, Martinus Johannes Willebrordus
Kuijpers, Mathias Marcellus
Abrégé
An in-line coating machine (1) adapted to coat food products with a particulate coating material has a food products conveyor assembly, a coating device (30) arranged between the inlet (3) and the outlet (4) of the machine, and an excess coating material separation station configured to cause excess coating material to be separated from coated food products in order to recover excess coating material for re-use. An excess coating material recovery conveyor has a bed support and a recovery conveyor run above the bed support. A particulate coating material elevator (40) device receives a portion of the excess coating material from the recovery conveyor and supplies the excess coating material to the coating device for re-use. An elevator device fill assembly along the recovery conveyor is configured to fill the elevator device with recovered excess coating material. Herein a coating material supply unit comprises slide plates (110, 111) which are mounted at an inclination.
A23P 20/12 - Appareils ou procédés pour appliquer des poudres ou des particules sur les produits alimentaires, p. ex. pour panerRevêtement avec des produits de revêtement comestibles, p. ex. avec des huiles ou des graisses de tels appareils combinés avec des moyens de pré-humidification du produit alimentaire ou de friture
A continuous frying device for carrying out a frying process for food products. The device comprises a frying oil reservoir which can be filled with a volume of frying oil; a food product carrier which can at least partially be immersed in the frying oil in the frying oil reservoir and at least one heating unit having at least one heating element which is positioned at least partially inside the frying oil reservoir and which has a heating surface which is in contact with the frying oil in the frying oil reservoir during the frying process. The filter chain comprises a first filter inside the frying oil reservoir and an external filter chain. In operation a volume of at least three times the volume of frying oil contained in the frying oil reservoir passes through the external filter chain per hour.
A mould drum system configured for use in an installation for moulding food products from a pumpable foodstuff mass while the drum is rotating a mould drum around a longitudinal rotation axis by a driving unit. A support device is connected to the frame structure, having an inner side, the support device being moveable relative to the frame structure between an open position and a closing position. A shaft is provided having a mounting side at which it is mounted to the frame and an opposite free end.
A system and a method for moulding food products from a pumpable foodstuff mass include a mould member having an outer surface. One or more recessed mould cavities are provided. An ejection fluid inlet opening of the mould member is arranged relatively movable with respect to an outlet opening of the ejection fluid source. Ejection fluid is allowed to enter the mould member when an outlet opening overlaps an ejection fluid inlet opening.
A mould drum, a system for moulding comprising a mould drum, a method for moulding, and a method for manufacturing a mould drum such that the mould drum includes a mould tube defining an outer circumferential surface with groups of multiple recessed mould cavities. The mould tube has a first mould tube head end. The mould drum includes a driven flange structure arranged against the first mould tube head end, which is adapted to be driven by a mould drum drive member to rotate the mould tube about a drum rotation axis. The driven flange structure is provided with a tooth profile, and the mould tube is provided with a meshing tooth profile, both tooth profiles meshing with each other and thereby being able to transfer torque from the driven flange structure to the mould tube.
The present invention relates to a batter production device for producing a batter by mixing a fresh liquid and a pulverulent material to form a batter for coating a food product. The device comprises a container for receiving a predetermined amount of fresh liquid and a dosage of pulverulent material, an agitator and a liquid supply system. The liquid supply system comprises an upstream supply tube for the supply of fresh liquid, a downstream main tube with a first outlet and associated main valve for receiving fresh liquid from the supply tube and discharging into the container, and a flow meter for determining the amount of fresh liquid that flows by. The liquid supply system further comprises a downstream auxiliary tube with a second outlet and associated auxiliary valve also receiving fresh liquid from the supply tube and discharging into the container. A control system is provided which is configured to cause a pre-fill of the container at least via the main tube and to cause an end-fill of the container only via the auxiliary tube.
The production of three-dimensional products from a mass of pumpable fibrous foodstuff material includes feeding the mass into a chamber via an inlet. A perforated plate is stationary arranged at an outlet side and has a multitude of perforations therein between an inlet face and an opposed outlet face. A flow channels assembly include multiple flow channels. Each flow channel receives therein strands of fibrous foodstuff material emerging at an outlet face from a subset of the multitude of perforations. The strands merge into a coherent bundle, in which the strands are arranged against one another in a generally parallel orientation. A production device is arranged at the discharge mouths of the flow channels assembly, which production device is configured and operated to produce three-dimensional products, each product out of a portion of a bundle that is discharged from one of the discharge mouths.
Van Der Straaten, Wilhelmus Johannes Jacobus Maria
Meulendijks, Johannes Martinus
Verberk, Bart Henricus Jozef
Dorpmanns, Luc Wilhelmus Antonius
Abrégé
The invention relates to a coating device (1) and a method for coating a food product with a pulverulent material (77) by means of said coating device. The coating device (1) comprises a conveyor belt (4) arranged in a housing (15) for conveying the food product in a conveying direction (9), wherein the conveyor belt is at least partly permeable for the pulverulent material. A first layer of the pulverulent material (78) is generated that lies on the conveyor belt onto which the food product (76) is placeable. The coating device further comprises a coater (29) for applying a second layer of the pulverulent material to the food product being conveyed. A lower bunker (17) is arranged within the conveyor belt for storing and receiving the pulverulent material that passes through the conveyor belt downstream of a guide plate (10, 11), wherein a plate (19) delimits an upstream end of the lower bunker for retaining the pulverulent material in the lower bunker and to create a buffer of the pulverulent material in the lower bunker.
A23P 20/12 - Appareils ou procédés pour appliquer des poudres ou des particules sur les produits alimentaires, p. ex. pour panerRevêtement avec des produits de revêtement comestibles, p. ex. avec des huiles ou des graisses de tels appareils combinés avec des moyens de pré-humidification du produit alimentaire ou de friture
18.
FOOD PROCESS LINE FOR IN-LINE PROCESSING FOOD AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING FOOD
A food process line and method are provided for processing food in a food process line. The food process line includes at least two of the following process line stations: a food preparation station, cold store, pump station or forming station for a pumpable food mass, or a dry coater, wet coating device, fryer, heater or freezer for the discrete food products. In each process line station at least one process step is carried out, the process line station having one or more actuators and/or one or more sensors. The food process line comprises an interstation control system configured to control an actuator of a first process line station on the basis of data from a sensor of a second process line station.
A23L 5/10 - Procédés généraux de cuisson des aliments, p. ex. par rôtissage ou friture
A23P 20/12 - Appareils ou procédés pour appliquer des poudres ou des particules sur les produits alimentaires, p. ex. pour panerRevêtement avec des produits de revêtement comestibles, p. ex. avec des huiles ou des graisses de tels appareils combinés avec des moyens de pré-humidification du produit alimentaire ou de friture
A23P 20/15 - Appareils ou procédés de revêtement avec des produits liquides ou semi-liquides
A method is provided for thermal treating a food product in a thermal treatment unit with the food product having a casing comprising a protein, or hybrid casing. The method involves providing the food product, subjecting the food product to a brine solution, conveying the food product into the unit, and subjecting the food product to a thermal treating step. The thermal treating step includes at least: a) drying the food product, and b) subsequently, further thermal treating the food product. The method further involves: determining the denaturation temperature of the protein, and setting the parameters of the climate in the unit such that the dew point of the air of the unit is equal to or lower than the determined denaturation temperature, wherein step a) ends in case the surface temperature of the casing is equal to the dew point of the air of the unit.
An installation for moulding of three dimensional products from a mass of pumpable foodstuff material, for example from ground meat. The installation comprises a feed pump and a moulding device with a mobile mould member having multiple mould cavities. A mass feed member is arranged at a fill position relative to the path of the mobile mould member, which mass feed member is connected to an outlet of the feed pump. The member has a housing defining an elongated chamber with a longitudinal axis and having a pair of spaced apart long lateral walls, short end walls, and a bottom wall facing the mould member at the fill position along the path of the mould member. The bottom wall is provided with a discharge mouth formed by one or more discharge openings spanning the path of said mould cavities, so that foodstuff mass flows into each row of mould cavities via said discharge mouth. The mass feed member is provided with a single elongated plunger that is slidably received in the chamber, sliding between the lateral walls and the end walls. At least one lateral wall is provided with an introduction mouth formed by one or more introduction openings spanning a major portion of the length of said lateral wall.
A system for forming moulded meat products from a meat mass comprising. The system comprises a mould with at least one mould cavity, a meat supply pump and an interface module for connecting the meat supply channel to the mould. The interface module comprises a tubular section, a meat supply opening, a meat delivery opening, and a rotatable drive shaft comprising a first end outside the tubular section, configured to engage with a drive means and a second end extending inside the tubular section. The system further comprises an additive supply for controllably supplying an additive via an additive supply channel.
The present invention relates to a processing line and a method for controlling a food processing line, the food processing line comprising a plurality of processing stations and at least one utility supply station. Further at least one food product sensor is provided, and at least one utility sensor and at least one processing sensor. A processing line controller is provided comprising a data collection module, input means for specifying at least one desired food product output characteristic, input means for specifying a nominal operating condition, an anomaly detection module configured to detect an anomaly, and a root cause module configured to determine a root cause of the detected anomaly. A corrective measure module is configured to determine a corrective measure in response to a detected anomaly and to provide the corrective measure to at least one physical actuator.
A method is provided for cleaning food product molding inserts that have been temporarily detached from a movable mold member of a molding device that is configured for molding food products from a pumpable foodstuff mass.
A moveable mould member is configured for use in an installation for moulding food products from a pumpable foodstuff mass. The mould member has a permeable mould body with an outer surface forming at least part of the outer mould member surface, which outer surface of the permeable mould body is fluid tight; mould cavities and a permeable volume defining fine openings opening out at the mould cavities, such that each mould cavity of the permeable mould body is delimited at least in part by a permeable volume. In addition, the mould drum has, for each group of mould cavities from which food products are to be ejected simultaneously, an ejection fluid inlet allowing the entry of pressurized fluid, and one or more channels extending from the associated ejection fluid inlet to the one or more permeable volumes of the group of mould cavities.
This invention relates to a mould drum system configured for use in an installation for moulding food products from a pumpable foodstuff mass while rotating a mould drum around a longitudinal rotation axis by a driving unit. A support device (202) is connected to the frame structure (201), having an inner side (610), the support device being moveable relative to the frame structure between an open position and a closing position. A shaft (203) is provided having a mounting side (205) at which it is mounted to the frame and an opposite free end (204), where the shaft is configured to receive a hollow cylindrical mould drum (310) having an inner geometrical cross section, the hollow mould drum having an outer mould drum surface (312) comprising plurality of mould cavities (311) having an opening in the drum surface, the plurality of mould cavities defining a geometrical shape of food products to be moulded, where an outer geometrical cross section of the shaft is essentially the same as the inner geometrical cross section of the hollow drum so as to allow the hollow cylindrical mould drum to be slideable attached to the shaft at the mounting side when the support device is in the open position, followed by moving the support device to a closing position such that the free end is supported by the inner side of the support device. The free end (204) of the shaft comprises a first structure, the inner side (610) of the support device comprises a second complementary structure, where the geometry of the first structure is essentially the same as the geometry of the second complementary structure such that the first structure and the second complementary structure fit into each other when the support device is in the closing position, where a bearing construction (632) is integrated into the support device (202) so as to allow the second complementary structure to follow a rotational movement of the mould drum.
The present invention relates to a system and a method for moulding food products from a pumpable foodstuff mass. The system comprises a mould member comprising an outer surface wherein one or more recessed mould cavities are provided, and further an ejection fluid inlet opening. An ejection fluid inlet opening of the mould member is arranged relatively movable with respect to an outlet opening of the ejection fluid source. Ejection fluid is allowed to enter the mould member when an outlet opening overlaps an ejection fluid inlet opening. The geometry of the ejection fluid inlet opening and the outlet opening of the ejection fluid source is such that at the initiation of the overlap there is a linear contact between the ejection fluid inlet opening and the outlet opening.
The present invention relates to a mould drum, a system for moulding comprising a mould drum, a method for moulding and a method for manufacturing a mould drum. The mould drum comprises a mould tube defining an outer circumferential surface wherein groups of multiple recessed mould cavities are provided. The mould tube has a first mould tube head end. The mould drum further comprises a driven flange structure arranged against the first mould tube head end, which is adapted to be driven by a mould drum drive member to rotate the mould tube about a drum rotation axis. The driven flange structure is provided with a tooth profile, and the mould tube is provided with a meshing tooth profile, both tooth profiles meshing with each other and thereby being able to transfer torque from the driven flange structure to the mould tube.
Production of three-dimensional products from a mass of pumpable fibrous foodstuff material, for example from ground meat. The mass is fed into a chamber via an inlet. A perforated plate is stationary arranged at an outlet side and has a multitude of perforations therein between an inlet face and an opposed outlet face. A flow channels assembly comprises multiple flow channels, each having a flow channel inlet opening, a flow channel discharge mouth, and a flow channel length. The inlet openings are stationary arranged adjoining the outlet face of the perforated plate, so that each flow channel receives therein strands of fibrous foodstuff material emerging at the outlet face from a subset of the multitude of perforations. The strands merge into a coherent bundle, in which the strands are arranged against one another in a generally parallel orientation. The bundle is confined within the flow channel and passes through the flow channel to the discharge mouth where the bundle is discharged, whilst maintaining the generally parallel orientation of the strands in the bundle. A production device is arranged at the discharge mouths of the flow channels assembly, which production device is configured and operated to produce three-dimensional products, each product out of a portion of a bundle that is discharged from one of the discharge mouths.
A food-processing system having a metering pump for filling a casing with food material, a linker for forming links in the filled casing and depositing a linked strand on a conveyor, and a plurality of servo motors arranged to drive each of a plurality of driven components of the processing system. The food-processing system being implemented according to a two-step ramp-up method that enables increased control of a first end and a second end of the linked strand using a first speed, and enables faster processing of the linked strand between the ends at a second speed higher than the first speed.
A23P 20/20 - Fabrication de produits alimentaires feuilletés, multicouches, fourrés ou à corps creux, p. ex. par enveloppement dans des feuilles de pâte comestible préformée ou dans des récipients alimentaires comestibles
An interchangeable hook-and-bracket system for a manufacturing process is disclosed. The interchangeable hook-and-bracket system may be configured to cooperate with a vertical conveying system of a food-processing system. Interchangeable hooks of the conveyor system may comprise hook portions and bracket portions that may be configured to releasably attach to one another. The bracket portions may be made substantially of a structurally robust material such as a metal and may be non-releasably attached to the conveyor system, and the hook portions may be made substantially of a flexible material such as a polymer-based material. More than one hook portion may correspond to a bracket portion, each hook portion having a configuration corresponding to a particular product, casing, throughput, and/or process condition.
The present invention relates to a set of brine solutions for use in a method for in-line processing of food products, said method comprises the steps of a) co-extruding a food dough into a flow of co-extruded food products having a coating that comprises a protein, or a hybrid coating of a protein and a polymer, and b) subjecting the flow of co-extruded food products to a food product strengthening step, said food product strengthening step comprises the step of subjecting the flow of food products to a first brine solution comprising a salt solubilised in an aqueous medium, and a second brine solution comprising a buffer salt solubilised in an aqueous medium. The present invention further relates to a method for in-line processing of food products using the set of brine solutions of the present invention and a lactate salt comprising brine solution.
The present invention relates to a method and production line for in-line processing of food products. The method comprises the step of co-extruding a food dough into a flow of co-extruded food products having a casing that comprises a protein, or a hybrid casing of a protein and a polymer, wherein the method subsequently comprises the successive steps of: a) subjecting the flow of co-extruded food products to a surface treating step, b) subjecting the flow of food products to a thermal treating step, and c) optionally, subjecting the thermally treated flow of food products to a post-thermal treating step, wherein in step b) the flow of food products is at least subsequently subjected to a first thermal treating step, and a second thermal treating step.
Food process line and method for processing food in a food process line, the food process line comprising at least two of the following process line stations: a food preparation station, cold store, pump station or forming station for a pumpable food mass, or a dry coater, wet coating device, fryer, heater or freezer for the discrete food products. In each process line station at least one process step is carried out, the process line station comprising one or more actuators and/or one or more sensors. The inventive food process line comprises an interstation control system configured to control an actuator of a first process line station on the basis of data from a sensor of a second process line station.
G05D 5/02 - Commande d'une épaisseur, p. ex. d'un matériau laminé
G05D 5/04 - Commande des dimensions d'objets, p. ex. de particules
G05D 13/00 - Commande de la vitesse linéaireCommande de la vitesse angulaireCommande de l'accélération ou de la décélération, p. ex. d'une machine motrice
G05D 21/00 - Commande des variables chimiques ou physico-chimiques, p. ex. de la valeur du pH
G05D 25/00 - Commande de la lumière, p. ex. intensité, couleur ou phase
G05D 27/00 - Commande simultanée des variables entrant dans plusieurs des groupes principaux
A23L 13/50 - Produits à base de volaille, p. ex. saucisses à base de volaille
A23L 13/60 - Produits à base de viande hachée ou émulsifiée, p. ex. saucissesViande reconstituée à partir de viande hachée
A23P 20/12 - Appareils ou procédés pour appliquer des poudres ou des particules sur les produits alimentaires, p. ex. pour panerRevêtement avec des produits de revêtement comestibles, p. ex. avec des huiles ou des graisses de tels appareils combinés avec des moyens de pré-humidification du produit alimentaire ou de friture
G05B 19/418 - Commande totale d'usine, c.-à-d. commande centralisée de plusieurs machines, p. ex. commande numérique directe ou distribuée [DNC], systèmes d'ateliers flexibles [FMS], systèmes de fabrication intégrés [IMS], productique [CIM]
A22C 7/00 - Appareils à battre, façonner ou presser la viande, la chair à saucisse ou les produits à base de viande
A22C 18/00 - Usines, manufactures ou similaires pour le traitement de la viande
The invention relates to a method for thermal treating a food product in a thermal treatment unit, the food product having a casing comprising a protein, or hybrid casing, the method comprising: providing the food product, subjecting the food product to a brine solution, conveying the food product into the unit, and subjecting the food product to a thermal treating step, the thermal treating step comprising at least: a) drying the food product, and b) subsequently, further thermal treating the food product. The method further comprising: determining the denaturation temperature of the protein, and setting the parameters of the climate in the unit such that the dew point of the air of the unit is equal to or lower than the determined denaturation temperature, wherein step a) ends in case the surface temperature of the casing is equal to the dew point of the air of the unit.
An apparatus for coating a food product with a batter, includes a frame having a conveyor belt mounted on a rotatably driveable belt support member. The coating apparatus has a batter pump for pumping batter from a batter container towards an upper applicator positioned over the conveyor belt to form a stream of batter flow from the applicator to the conveyor belt to provide batter to an upper surface of the food product. The front roller is positioned at the food product entry section to provide a layer of batter on the conveyor belt at the entry section by a thrust on the batter towards the entry section by the front roller and/or the conveyor belt. The coating apparatus comprises a batter overflow device positioned at the entry section and is mounted between the transport run and the return run of the conveyor belt.
A23P 20/12 - Appareils ou procédés pour appliquer des poudres ou des particules sur les produits alimentaires, p. ex. pour panerRevêtement avec des produits de revêtement comestibles, p. ex. avec des huiles ou des graisses de tels appareils combinés avec des moyens de pré-humidification du produit alimentaire ou de friture
A23P 20/18 - Appareils ou procédés de revêtement avec des produits liquides ou semi-liquides par revêtement par pulvérisation, par revêtement par lit fluidisé ou par coulée
A23P 20/15 - Appareils ou procédés de revêtement avec des produits liquides ou semi-liquides
A23L 13/50 - Produits à base de volaille, p. ex. saucisses à base de volaille
A23P 20/25 - Remplissage ou fourrage de produits alimentaires enrobés, p. ex. combiné avec l’enrobage ou la formation de creux
B05C 3/10 - Appareillages dans lesquels un ouvrage est mis en contact avec une grande quantité de liquide ou autre matériau fluide l'ouvrage étant immergé dans le liquide ou autre matériau fluide pour traiter des objets individuels les objets étant déplacés dans le liquide ou autre matériau fluide
B05C 5/00 - Appareillages dans lesquels un liquide ou autre matériau fluide est projeté, versé ou répandu sur la surface de l'ouvrage
36.
Coating of food products with a particulate coating material
Van Der Straaten, Wilhelmus Johannes Jacobus Maria
Van Zoelen, Martinus Johannes Willebrordus
Kuijpers, Mathias Marcellus
Abrégé
An in-line coating machine adapted to coat food products with a particulate coating material has a food products conveyor; a coating device; an excess coating material separation station; an excess coating material recovery conveyor; and a particulate coating material elevator device. An elevator device fill assembly along the recovery conveyor is configured to fill the elevator device with recovered excess coating material. An adjustable discharge opening device controls a discharge opening in the recovered excess coating material bed support. An adjustable upper layer diverter device engages an upper layer of the recovered excess coating material bed passing over the recovered excess coating material bed support and diverts at least a portion of the upper layer at an adjustable rate into the particulate coating material elevator device.
B05C 5/00 - Appareillages dans lesquels un liquide ou autre matériau fluide est projeté, versé ou répandu sur la surface de l'ouvrage
B05D 1/30 - Procédés pour appliquer des liquides ou d'autres matériaux fluides aux surfaces par gravité uniquement
B05C 19/04 - Appareillages spécialement adaptés pour appliquer des matériaux en particules à des surfaces le matériau en particules étant projeté, versé ou répandu sur la surface de l'ouvrage
B05C 19/06 - Stockage, alimentation ou régulation de l'application du matériau en particulesRécupération du matériau en particules en excès
A23P 20/12 - Appareils ou procédés pour appliquer des poudres ou des particules sur les produits alimentaires, p. ex. pour panerRevêtement avec des produits de revêtement comestibles, p. ex. avec des huiles ou des graisses de tels appareils combinés avec des moyens de pré-humidification du produit alimentaire ou de friture
37.
Coating of food products with a particulate coating material
The invention relates to an in-line multi-mode coating machine adapted to coat food products with a particulate coating material, the machine comprising in-line with each other and in succession: an infeed conveyor assembly, a rotary tumbling drum, an elevator device and a discharge conveyor assembly. In a drum-mode, the rotary tumbling drum is adapted to be supplied with particulate coating material and to tumble the food products and particulate coating material together. In a conveyor-mode of the coating machine the infeed conveyor assembly and the discharge conveyor assembly are arranged to adjoin each other whilst extending through the rotary tumbling drum, so that food products bypass the rotary tumbling drum and the elevator device.
A23P 20/13 - Appareils ou procédés pour appliquer des poudres ou des particules sur les produits alimentaires, p. ex. pour panerRevêtement avec des produits de revêtement comestibles, p. ex. avec des huiles ou des graisses de tels appareils combinés avec des moyens de pré-humidification du produit alimentaire ou de friture comportant l’agitation du produit alimentaire à l’intérieur d’un appareil rotatif, p. ex. dans un tambour
A23B 4/32 - Appareils pour la conservation utilisant des solides
B05C 3/08 - Appareillages dans lesquels un ouvrage est mis en contact avec une grande quantité de liquide ou autre matériau fluide l'ouvrage étant immergé dans le liquide ou autre matériau fluide avec des dispositions spéciales en vue d'agiter l'ouvrage ou le liquide ou autre matériau fluide l'ouvrage et le liquide ou autre matériau fluide étant agités ensemble dans un récipient, p. ex. par brassage
B05C 19/04 - Appareillages spécialement adaptés pour appliquer des matériaux en particules à des surfaces le matériau en particules étant projeté, versé ou répandu sur la surface de l'ouvrage
Cleaning food product moulding inserts that have been temporarily detached from a movable mould member of a moulding device that is configured for moulding food products from a pumpable foodstuff mass. Each insert has one or more recessed mould cavities. A permeable volume is present between the inner face and the one or more mould cavities to allow for, in operation of the moulding device, passing of pressurized ejection fluid from the inner face through the permeable volume to the mould cavity in order to assist release of the food product formed in the mould cavity from the insert. Use is made of an inserts cleaning device comprising an inserts carrier configured to temporarily mount thereon multiple inserts at respective insert mounting positions, one or more cleaning liquid feed ducts, a pump connected to the one or more cleaning liquid feed ducts, the one or more liquid feed ducts leading from the pump to the mounting positions of the inserts carrier, a collector device for collecting cleaning liquid, and a cleaning liquid recirculation assembly extending from the collector device to the pump, a filter device arranged in the recirculation assembly.
A moveable mould member (16) configured for use in an installation for moulding food products from a pumpable foodstuff mass. The mould member has at least one permeable mould body (44) comprising an outer surface (44b) forming at least part of the outer mould member surface (17), which outer surface of the permeable mould body is fluid tight; one or more mould cavities (60) and a permeable volume (44a) comprising fine openings opening out at the one or more mould cavities, such that each mould cavity of the permeable mould body is delimited at least in part by a permeable volume. The mould drum further comprises, for each group of mould cavities from which food products are to be ejected simultaneously, at least one ejection fluid inlet (54) allowing the entry of pressurized fluid,and one or more channels (76) extending from the at least one associated ejection fluid inlet to the one or more permeable volumes of the group of mould cavities.
An installation for moulding of three dimensional products from a mass of pumpable foodstuff material includes a pump having at least one pump chamber, a pump drive, and a moulding device including a mould drum, a mould member drive for moving the mould drum along a path, and a mass feed member. The mass feed member has a chamber with an inlet, a discharge mouth facing the mould member at the fill position along the path of the mould drum, an orificed grinder body and multiple mobile grinder members each arranged at one of the distinct positions of the mold cavities and cooperating with the grinding face of the orificed grinder body. The installation is advantageously employed for the manufacture of meat products from a pumpable meat mass for the manufacture of meat patties.
An installation for moulding of three dimensional products from a mass of pumpable foodstuff material, for example from ground meat. The installation comprises a feed pump and a moulding device with a mobile mould member having multiple mould cavities. A mass feed member is arranged at a fill position relative to the path of the mobile mould member, which mass feed member is connected to an outlet of the feed pump. The member has a housing defining an elongated chamber with a longitudinal axis and having a pair of spaced apart long lateral walls, short end walls, and a bottom wall facing the mould member at the fill position along the path of the mould member. The bottom wall is provided with a discharge mouth formed by one or more discharge openings spanning the path of said mould cavities, so that foodstuff mass flows into each row of mould cavities via said discharge mouth. The mass feed member is provided with a single elongated plunger that is slidably received in the chamber, sliding between the lateral walls and the end walls. At least one lateral wall is provided with an introduction mouth formed by one or more introduction openings spanning a major portion of the length of said lateral wall.
The present invention relates to a method and production line for inline processing of food products. The method comprises the step of co-extruding a food dough into a flow of co-extruded food products having a casing that comprises a protein, or a hybrid casing of a protein and a polymer, wherein the method subsequently comprises the successive steps of: a) subjecting the flow of co-extruded food products to a surface treating step, b) subjecting the flow of food products to a thermal treating step, and c) optionally, subjecting the thermally treated flow of food products to a post-thermal treating step, wherein in step b) the flow of food products is at least subsequently subjected to a first thermal treating step, and a second thermal treating step.
The present invention relates to a set of brine solutions for use in a method for in-line processing of food products, said method comprises the steps of a) co-extruding a food dough into a flow of co-extruded food products having a coating that comprises a protein, or a hybrid coating of a protein and a polymer, and b) subjecting the flow of co-extruded food products to a food product strengthening step, said food product strengthening step comprises the step of subjecting the flow of food products to a first brine solution comprising a salt solubilised in an aqueous medium, and a second brine solution comprising a buffer salt solubilised in an aqueous medium. The present invention further relates to a method for in-line processing of food products using the set of brine solutions of the present invention and a lactate salt comprising brine solution.
A moulding installation and method for moulding food products from a pumpable foodstuff mass are described. A revolving mould drum is provided with multiple mould cavities and a mass feed member is arranged at a fill position to transfer foodstuff mass into passing mould cavities. The foodstuff mass forms a food product in the mould cavity. A pressurized air food product ejection system includes air ducts in the mould drum that extend to the cavities and at least a portion of the surface delimiting a mould cavity is air permeable. The ejection system further includes a pressurized air source to feed pressurized air at a regulated ejection air pressure thereof to the air ducts. A controller is adapted to input at least one target parameter related to filling of the mould cavities with the foodstuff mass via the mouth of the mass feed member. The controller is adapted to automatically set an ejection air pressure by the pressurized air source on the basis of the inputted target parameter.
B29C 31/04 - Alimentation, p. ex. chargement d'une cavité de moulage
B29C 31/06 - Alimentation, p. ex. chargement d'une cavité de moulage par quantités déterminées
B29C 33/00 - Moules ou noyauxLeurs détails ou accessoires
B29C 33/36 - Moules ou noyauxLeurs détails ou accessoires mobiles, p. ex. vers le, ou à partir du poste de moulage se déplaçant en continu
B29C 33/38 - Moules ou noyauxLeurs détails ou accessoires caractérisés par la matière ou le procédé de fabrication
B29C 33/46 - Moules ou noyauxLeurs détails ou accessoires comportant des moyens ou conçus spécialement pour faciliter le démoulage d'objets, p. ex. des objets à contre-dépouille utilisant la pression d'un fluide
B29C 37/00 - Éléments constitutifs, détails, accessoires ou opérations auxiliaires non couverts par le groupe ou
B29C 39/06 - Moulage par coulée, c.-à-d. en introduisant la matière à mouler dans un moule ou entre des surfaces enveloppantes sans pression significative de moulageAppareils à cet effet pour la fabrication d'objets de longueur définie, c.-à-d. d'objets séparés avec des moules mobiles se déplaçant en continu, p. ex. le long d'une ligne de production
Van Der Straaten, Wilhelmus Johannes Jacobus Maria
Abrégé
A moulding device and a method for moulding food products from a mass of foodstuff which can be transferred by pumping are provided. The device includes a stationary frame with a revolving moulding drum assembly having a peripheral surface in which mould cavities are provided, and a mass feed device including a shoe member with a filling mouth adjoining the peripheral surface of the moulding drum assembly in order to fill said cavities with the foodstuff as they move past. In operation, the pressurized mass of foodstuff introduced into a mould cavity causes an outward force onto said shoe member. A non-revolving component is provided, concentrically supported by the moulding drum assembly, including the shoe member and an interconnected moulding drum assembly engaging counterforce element to counteract the entire outward force exerted by the pressurized foodstuff on the shoe member.
B29C 31/04 - Alimentation, p. ex. chargement d'une cavité de moulage
B29C 33/42 - Moules ou noyauxLeurs détails ou accessoires caractérisés par la forme de la surface de moulage, p. ex. par des nervures ou des rainures
B29C 39/04 - Moulage par coulée, c.-à-d. en introduisant la matière à mouler dans un moule ou entre des surfaces enveloppantes sans pression significative de moulageAppareils à cet effet pour la fabrication d'objets de longueur définie, c.-à-d. d'objets séparés avec des moules mobiles
B29C 43/08 - Moulage par pressage, c.-à-d. en appliquant une pression externe pour faire couler la matière à moulerAppareils à cet effet pour la fabrication d'objets de longueur définie, c.-à-d. d'objets séparés en utilisant des moules mobiles se déplaçant en continu avec un mouvement circulaire
46.
Method and device for applying a consumable treating liquid to an individual meat product, such as a sausage
The invention relates to a method for applying a consumable treating liquid to an individual meat product, comprising the steps of placing an individual meat product on a carrier; moving the meat product towards a liquid applier; applying a consumable treating liquid to a meat product; forcing excess liquid towards the bottom of the meat product and/or the carrier, and controllably removing the excess liquid from the meat product and/or the carrier by a liquid remover. The invention also provides a device for applying a consumable treating liquid to an individual meat product.
A23P 20/18 - Appareils ou procédés de revêtement avec des produits liquides ou semi-liquides par revêtement par pulvérisation, par revêtement par lit fluidisé ou par coulée
A23L 13/60 - Produits à base de viande hachée ou émulsifiée, p. ex. saucissesViande reconstituée à partir de viande hachée
A23P 20/10 - Revêtement avec des produits de revêtement comestibles, p. ex. avec des huiles ou des graisses
A22C 11/02 - Machines à remplir ou bourrer les saucisses
A22C 17/00 - Autres dispositifs pour le traitement de la viande ou des os
47.
APPARATUS FOR COATING A FOOD PRODUCT WITH A BATTER
Apparatus (1) for coating a food product (10) with a batter, comprising a frame in which an endless conveyor belt (15, 15') is mounted, the endless conveyor belt having a transport run (15) to advance a food product (10) from an entry section (A, B) towards a discharge section (D) in a first transport direction (T) and a return run (15'), the coating apparatus further comprises a batter pump (50) for pumping batter from a batter container (51) towards upper batter applicator means (40), which are positioned over the conveyor belt (15) and configured to form, a stream of batter flow from the applicator means (40) to the conveyor belt (15) in order to provide batter to an upper surface of the food product (10), wherein the front roller (16) is positioned at the food product entry section and configured to provide a layer of batter on the conveyor belt (15) at the entry section by means of a thrust on the batter towards the entry section by the front roller (16) and/or the conveyor belt, the coating apparatus further comprising a batter overflow device (45, 46, 47) positioned at the entry section, upstream the upper applicator means (40) and downstream of the front roller (16) in the first transport direction, which batter overflow device is mounted between the transport run (15) and the return run (15') of the conveyor belt, and is in fluid connection with the batter pump (50) and configured to supply batter from the batter container (51) to a lower surface of the food product.
A23G 3/34 - Sucreries, confiseries ou massepainProcédés pour leur fabrication
A23P 20/18 - Appareils ou procédés de revêtement avec des produits liquides ou semi-liquides par revêtement par pulvérisation, par revêtement par lit fluidisé ou par coulée
A23P 20/12 - Appareils ou procédés pour appliquer des poudres ou des particules sur les produits alimentaires, p. ex. pour panerRevêtement avec des produits de revêtement comestibles, p. ex. avec des huiles ou des graisses de tels appareils combinés avec des moyens de pré-humidification du produit alimentaire ou de friture
48.
COATING OF FOOD PRODUCTS WITH A PARTICULATE COATING MATERIAL
Van Der Straaten, Wilhelmus Johannes Jacobus Maria
Van Zoelen, Martinus Johannes Willebrordus
Kuijpers, Mathias Marcellus
Abrégé
An in-line coating machine adapted to coat food products with a particulate coating material has a food products conveyor assembly, a coating device arranged between the inlet and the outlet of the machine, and an excess coating material separation station configured to cause excess coating material to be separated from coated food products in order to recover excess coating material for re-use. An excess coating material recovery conveyor has a bed support and a recovery conveyor run above the bed support. A particulate coating material elevator device receives a portion of the excess coating material from the recovery conveyor and supplies the excess coating material to the coating device for re-use. An elevator device fill assembly along the recovery conveyor is configured to fill the elevator device with recovered excess coating material. Herein one or more adjustable discharge opening devices control one or more discharge openings in the recovered excess coating material bed support. An adjustable upper layer diverter device engages an upper layer of the recovered excess coating material bed passing over the recovered excess coating material bed support and diverts at least a portion of said upper layer at an adjustable rate into the particulate coating material elevator device.
A23P 20/12 - Appareils ou procédés pour appliquer des poudres ou des particules sur les produits alimentaires, p. ex. pour panerRevêtement avec des produits de revêtement comestibles, p. ex. avec des huiles ou des graisses de tels appareils combinés avec des moyens de pré-humidification du produit alimentaire ou de friture
A23P 20/13 - Appareils ou procédés pour appliquer des poudres ou des particules sur les produits alimentaires, p. ex. pour panerRevêtement avec des produits de revêtement comestibles, p. ex. avec des huiles ou des graisses de tels appareils combinés avec des moyens de pré-humidification du produit alimentaire ou de friture comportant l’agitation du produit alimentaire à l’intérieur d’un appareil rotatif, p. ex. dans un tambour
49.
COATING OF FOOD PRODUCTS WITH A PARTICULATE COATING MATERIAL
The invention relates to an in-line multi-mode coating machine adapted to coat food products with a particulate coating material, the machine comprising in-line with each other and in succession: an infeed conveyor assembly, a rotary tumbling drum, an elevator device and a discharge conveyor assembly. In a drum-mode, the rotary tumbling drum is adapted to be supplied with particulate coating material and to tumble the food products and particulate coating material together. In a conveyor-mode of the coating machine the infeed conveyor assembly and the discharge conveyor assembly are arranged to adjoin each other whilst extending through the rotary tumbling drum, so that food products bypass the rotary tumbling drum and the elevator device.
A23P 20/12 - Appareils ou procédés pour appliquer des poudres ou des particules sur les produits alimentaires, p. ex. pour panerRevêtement avec des produits de revêtement comestibles, p. ex. avec des huiles ou des graisses de tels appareils combinés avec des moyens de pré-humidification du produit alimentaire ou de friture
A23P 20/13 - Appareils ou procédés pour appliquer des poudres ou des particules sur les produits alimentaires, p. ex. pour panerRevêtement avec des produits de revêtement comestibles, p. ex. avec des huiles ou des graisses de tels appareils combinés avec des moyens de pré-humidification du produit alimentaire ou de friture comportant l’agitation du produit alimentaire à l’intérieur d’un appareil rotatif, p. ex. dans un tambour
50.
Rotary cylindrical mould member and a method for manufacturing a rotary cylindrical mould member for moulding food products suitable for consumption
i) and the airflow-resistive skin layer has a porous structure with a second flow resistance to a compressed air flow through the porous inner volume, wherein according to the invention the first flow resistance is essentially the same as the second flow resistance.
The present invention relates to a closed processing system for treating elongated food products comprising a housing bounding a process space, a transport path for displacing the elongated food products through the process space, at least one airflow generator for generating an airflow in the process space, at least one airflow conditioner for conditioning the generated airflow, and at least one detector for detecting process conditions in the process space, wherein the detected process conditions include at least the relative humidity and wherein the system is arranged to control the process conditions by adjusting the at least one airflow generator and/or at least one airflow conditioner based on the detected relative humidity. The present invention further relates to a method for treating elongated food products.
A23L 3/40 - Conservation des aliments ou produits alimentaires, en général, p.ex. pasteurisation ou stérilisation, spécialement adaptée aux aliments ou produits alimentaires par séchage ou étuvage; Reconstitution ultérieure
The present invention relates to a closed processing system for treating elongated food products, comprising: a housing bounding a process space, a transport path for displacing the elongated food products through the process space, at least one airflow generator for generating an airflow in the process space, and at least one detector for detecting process conditions in the process space, wherein the detector includes at least one pressure sensor for detecting the relative airflow pressure in the process space compared to the ambient air pressure and wherein the system is arranged to control the process conditions by adjusting the at least one airflow generator based on the detected process conditions. The present invention further relates to a method for treating elongated food products.
A23L 3/40 - Conservation des aliments ou produits alimentaires, en général, p.ex. pasteurisation ou stérilisation, spécialement adaptée aux aliments ou produits alimentaires par séchage ou étuvage; Reconstitution ultérieure
A23L 3/00 - Conservation des aliments ou produits alimentaires, en général, p.ex. pasteurisation ou stérilisation, spécialement adaptée aux aliments ou produits alimentaires
53.
Method for manufacturing sausage products using liquid heating
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing sausage products by means of co-extrusion, wherein the method comprises the following steps of: A) providing a food dough; B) providing a viscous paste; C) producing by means of co-extrusion a sausage strand with a core of the food dough enclosed by a casing of the paste; D) subdividing the sausage strand into sausage products; and E) guiding the sausage through a fixing bath, whereby the cohesion of the sausage increases.
The invention relates to a method for preparing food products by means of co-extrusion, wherein at least two casing material components are mixed to make a viscous gelling solution. This viscous gelling solution is subsequently co-extruded whereby the gelling solution is forming the external layer of an extruded strand of food dough. The invention also relates to a viscous gelling solution obtainable by such method as well as a system for co-extrusion of food products.
A23L 13/60 - Produits à base de viande hachée ou émulsifiée, p. ex. saucissesViande reconstituée à partir de viande hachée
A23P 30/25 - Co-extrusion de produits alimentaires différents
A23L 29/256 - Aliments ou produits alimentaires contenant des additifsLeur préparation ou leur traitement contenant des agents gélifiants ou épaississants d'origine végétale à base d'algues, p. ex. alginates, agar-agar ou carraghénane
A23L 29/281 - Protéines, p. ex. gélatine ou collagène
55.
INSTALLATIONS AND METHODS FOR MOULDING FOOD PRODUCTS WITH A PRESSURIZED AIR FOOD PRODUCT EJECTION SYSTEM FROM A MOULD DRUM
A moulding installation and method for moulding food products from a pumpable foodstuff mass. A revolving mould drum is provided with multiple mould cavities and a mass feed member is arranged at a fill position to transfer foodstuff mass into passing mould cavities. Said foodstuff mass forms a food product in said mould cavity. A pressurized air food product ejection system comprises air ducts in the mould drum that extend to said cavities and at least a portion of the surface delimiting a mould cavity is air permeable. Said ejection system further comprises a pressurized air source to feed pressurized air at a regulated ejection air pressure thereof to said air ducts. A controller is adapted to input at least one target parameter related to filling of the mould cavities with said foodstuff mass via said mouth of the mass feed member. The controller is adapted to automatically set an ejection air pressure by said pressurized air source on the basis of the inputted target parameter.
An installation for moulding of three dimensional products from a mass of pumpable foodstuff material, for example from ground meat. The installation comprises a feed pump and a moulding device with a mobile mould member having multiple mould cavities. A mass feed member is arranged at a fill position relative to the path of the mobile mould member, which mass feed member is connected to an outlet of the feed pump. The member has a housing defining an elongated chamber with a longitudinal axis and having a pair of spaced apart long lateral walls, short end walls, and a bottom wall facing the mould member at the fill position along the path of the mould member. The bottom wall is provided with a discharge mouth formed by one or more discharge openings spanning the path of said mould cavities, so that foodstuff mass flows into each row of mould cavities via said discharge mouth. The mass feed member is provided with a single elongated plunger that is slidably received in the chamber, sliding between the lateral walls and the end walls. At least one lateral wall is provided with an introduction mouth formed by one or more introduction openings spanning a major portion of the length of said lateral wall.
The present invention relates to a rotary cylindrical mould member and a method for manufacturing a rotary cylindrical mould member for moulding food products suitable for consumption. One or more recessed mould cavities (21) are formed in an curved outer surface (22c) of at least one porous mould body (22), defining the shape of the products which are to be produced. An airflow-resistive skin layer is formed by plastic deformation of a cavity surface layer, having a first flow resistance. An inner volume of the porous mould body (22) between an inner surface (22i) and the airflow-resistive skin layer has a porous structure with a second flow resistance to a compressed air flow through the porous inner volume, wherein according to the invention the first flow resistance is essentially the same as the second flow resistance.
The invention relates to a method for applying a consumable treating liquid to an individual meat product, comprising the steps of placing an individual meat product on a carrier; moving the meat product towards a liquid applier; applying a consumable treating liquid to a meat product; forcing excess liquid towards the bottom of the meat product and/or the carrier, and controllably removing the excess liquid from the meat product and/or the carrier by a liquid remover. The invention also provides a device for applying a consumable treating liquid to an individual meat product.
Van Der Straaten, Wilhelmus Johannes Jacobus Maria
Abrégé
The present invention relates to a moulding device and a method for moulding food products from a mass of foodstuff which can be transferred by pumping. The device comprises a stationary frame with a revolving moulding drum assembly having a peripheral surface in which mould cavities are provided, and a mass feed device comprising a shoe member with a filling mouth adjoining the peripheral surface of the moulding drum assembly in order to fill said cavities with the foodstuff as they move past. In operation, the pressurized mass of foodstuff introduced into a mould cavity causes an outward force onto said shoe member. According to the invention a non-revolving component is provided, concentrically supported by the moulding drum assembly, comprising the shoe member and an interconnected moulding drum assembly engaging counterforce element to counteract the entire outward force exerted by the pressurized foodstuff on the shoe member.
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing sausage products by means of co-extrusion, wherein the method comprises the steps of: providing a food dough (6); providing a viscous casing mass material (8); and producing by means of co-extrusion a sausage strand (2) with the extrusion of a centre of food dough at least partially provided by layered casing mass material.
A continuous frying device for carrying out a frying process for food products. The device comprises a frying oil reservoir which can be filled with a volume of frying oil; a food product carrier which can at least partially be immersed in the frying oil in the frying oil reservoir and at least one heating unit having at least one heating element which is positioned at least partially inside the frying oil reservoir and which has a heating surface which is in contact with the frying oil in the frying oil reservoir during the frying process. The filter chain comprises a first filter inside the frying oil reservoir and an external filter chain. In operation a volume of at least three times the volume of frying oil contained in the frying oil reservoir passes through the external filter chain per hour.
A21B 5/08 - Appareils de cuisson dans la graisse ou l'huile de cuisine, p. ex. pour faire des beignets
A23L 5/10 - Procédés généraux de cuisson des aliments, p. ex. par rôtissage ou friture
A47J 37/12 - Friteuses, p. ex. pour la friture du poisson ou des frites
B65G 49/02 - Systèmes transporteurs caractérisés par leur utilisation à des fins particulières, non prévus ailleurs pour transporter des pièces à usiner dans des bains de liquide